Coacting shutter and lens combination for camera film holders



Aug. 3, 1948.

3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 25, 1946 INVENTOR.

w. E. TAlT ET AL 2,446,200 COACTING SHUTTER AND LENS COMBINATION FOR CAMERA FILM HOLDERS 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Aug. 3, 1948.

Filed Oct. 25, 1946 um W T w m I a Y a B H/ v i, N J Y 1 T U,

1948- w. E. TAlT ET AL 2,446,200

COACTING SHUTTER AND LENS COMBINATION FOR CAMERA FILM HOLDERS Filed on. 25,1946 3 Sheets-Sheet s Patented Aug. 3, 1948 COACTING SHUTTER AND LENS COMBINA- TION FOR CAlVIERA FILM HOLDERS Wilfred E. Tait, Westport, and August W. Stellpflug, Weston, Conn.', assignors to American Safety Razor Corporation, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application October 25, 1946, Serial No. 705,502

4 Claims. (01. 95-37) The object of the present invention is to provide a camera whichwill consist of a film containing casing which is quite shallow and light in construction, which casing has an image opening controlled by a shutter slide, in combination with a lens mounting which is detachable, and which is so controlled by the shutter slide that the lens mounting cannot be removed from the casing until the shutter slide is in closed position. Also the lens mounting cannot be securely latched in position without moving the shutter slide to open position. This construction insures that the image aperture of the casing will be open when,

the lens mounting is attached and latched in position, and it also insures that the image opening will be closed prior to detaching the lens mounting from the casing.

The above factors are very important when it is considered that the casing will be employed as a mailing holder for the exposed film, and the lens with its mounting will be detached from the casing when the cycle or cycles of exposures have been made. The lens mounting and the lens will then be attached to a like casing containing a fresh film, so that the assembly will be ready for immediate use.

A further feature of the invention is such construction of the casing that two sensitized films may be carried thereby, and when one film is exposed with a plurality of concentric images, the lens holder with its lens may be reversed in position for like exposure of the second film.

The above and other features of the invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the front face of an embodiment of the invention with the lens holder and a lens mounting in position preliminary to latching the same in position and automatically opening the casing shutter;

Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line 2-2, Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 with the lens holder and mounting removed, the structure being partly broken away and the casing shutter being in closed position;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 with the casing shutter in open position;

Figure 5 is a rear view of the structure shown in Figure 1 when only one sensitized film is carried thereby;

Figure 6 is a plan view of the front plate;

Figure 7 is a plan view of the image aperture plate with the casing shutter held thereby;

Figure 8 is a plan view of the baffle plate;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary transverse section showing my preferred arrangement in which the bailie plate is used as a separator for an assembly of image aperture plate with its casing shutter, and the front plate, at each side of the baffle plate, two sensitized films being employed;

Figure 10 is a perspective view of one of the casing rings;

Figure 11 is a perspective view of the casing shutter.

Referring to Figures 9 and 10, it will be seen that the casing rings, which hold the other elements in position, consist of two members having peripheral abutting faces at I, inwardly of said faces I each ring being cut to form a recess Ia: and a second and deeper recess at Iran. The rings are provided with registering apertures 2 adapted to receive light rivets, preferably hollow rivets, as indicated at 3, for holding the rings together with the members carried thereby.

Centrally disposed between the rings is a baffle plate 4 which is formed with apertures for the passage of the rivets 3. At one side of the bafile plate may be placed the sensitized film 5 which is immediately faced by a shutter plate 6. This plate may have a depressed channel at 60: so that the walls of the channel will afford a guide for a casing shutter I adapted to be moved into and out of position to close or open an image aperture 6.1x in plate 6.

Outermost of plate 6 is a plate 8 having an image aperture surrounded by a ring formation at 8x. Carried by easing shutter I is a stud 9 which projects through a slot 8x20 in plate 8. The stud may have threaded thereon a button or ahead 9m.

Rivetted or otherwise secured to plate 8 is a latch clip I0 having at its ends spring fingers IOw. Fitted upon the ring formation or short neck 8m of outer plate 3 is a latch member I I which may directly carry or be carried by the lens mounting L. To this end the upper portion of latch member I I is a. ring having an outer flat face cut away at spaced points as indicated at I la: so that when the ring is mounted on the neck 2,446,200 3 4 of plate 8 in a given position the latch fingers Illa: larged according to present practice, together with will be cleared by the apertures, and thereafter a such additional loaded casin s s s red- W en short rotational movement of latch member I I the processor receives the casing with the exposed will bring the Walls of the ring under the latch film, all of the rivets may be removed simultanefingers. ously by the simultaneous action of punch pins The head 91: of stud 9 carried by the casing arranged annularly on the punch press whereupon shutter can be passed through an opening at the film sheet or sheets may be developed in the Han: in the latch member I I whilst the slots IIa: usual manner and the casing and its plates reare in register with the spring ends of latch clip assembled with fresh film and rivetted for re-use. II]. It will be seen by reference to Figure 1 that 10 It will be understood that various modifications thereupon a short movement of latch member Il may be made in the form and arrangement of to the right..wi1l.carry the stud. head Bart-out of theelements constituting-a e. nt i lusopening IIxm andintoregister with a narrow elontrated in the drawings; without dep o gated opening. The button head 930 may then be the spirit of the invention. In practice the caspressed downwardly by the fingers of operatorlse me and pl will e made of ry l h m hand to securely hold latch member II against rial. When metal is used, as magnesium or alumisuch lateral and rotational'movement as to free 'hu ht 'a d plates, it W result in the device from plate 8 through re registr'ation of ass y Weighing y a few Ounces, and the slots HIE with the fingers like of. the; latch suitable pl st ywhichris readily ava lab e, may be clip ID. This downward movement of studsaandr used'withlike result.

its head 9m will carry casing shutter Iidownwardly; av athus described our invention, what we to expose both the image opening 89: in plate 8 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as and the image aperture 6m: of" plate-l3? follows:-

By supporting the lens mounting L in one hand: 1; A camera consisting of a casing adapted to and operating the shutter S, shown at Figure 2, hold sensitized film, am overlying plate formed after. successively rotating the casing to succeswith. an image aperture, ashutterforsaidimage s Ve image f e positions, he image frames beaperture, alens mounting adapted, to.b.e,held.1in ing indicated. at F, the sensitized areas of 'said register with saidflimage, apcrture l-andwhol'ding frames will be exposed. In this connection. we meansfor said lens mounting.,including,..an .ex-: have arr n dthe r v ts 3 s that hey may be tension of" the lens mountin formed with an, used as registrationindicators for the successive elongated 1ot merging into a lateral aperture, fram pl yin -th shank f. e finder lzias andla stud'carried by theshutterslideandadapte a, co-acting indicator. Successive numbers may ed to be passed through saidvlat-eraliaperturesand. p nd the in to act as numel'al thence to be movedin saidelongated slot to carry, d si nati ns f t frameareas 3 theshutter slide to image-opening position.

As. will be seen by reference to Figure 9', the 2. A camera consisting, of" a casing, compris- Dlates Fandll, fi f W th itscasingshutter ing separable members. and meansf'or holding? y be duplicated; and'l'lhtlre Will a e the members connected, a plate held by the cassembly at each side of' the'bafile plate 4'. Thus, ing and'formedwith an image aperture; a mov When the perator hasexposed al Ofthe frames 40 able shutter for said. image aperture; a lens: of the film sheet 5' at one side of the casing, .the mounting' and mean-s for holding the latterfirr butt y e p d p t t e positionof' register with saidimage aperture; said" means Figure 1, a slight turning movement thengiven. including a finger, an apertured"wallcarried by to latch member II to carry the button into. the the-lens mounting andthrough'which' apertured opening I Ixaaand this movementlwill bring aperwallthe finger isadapted-topassa studcarrled tures [Ix-into registrationwith the springfingers by the shutterslide; a second aperture-*insaid I031: so that the latch member, H with the lens wall for receiving the s=tud'and"merging' intoan" mountingL associated'therewith can be removed elongated" aperture, whereby .the movement of fromplate Giand immediatelyv appliedito thelike said Wallonto the stud will eniable the-wall to plate at the opposite side of the casing'fordatchbe given-a rotational movement to effect holding ing, the opening of casing. shutte-rl'andxthe sucaction ofisaid finger on 'the wall andxregistration cessive exposure of the frames on thesecondsenof the stud with the elongated aperture, per sitizedsheet 5. mittingopening of the-shutter by movement of Whenthe second'sensitized sheethas been exthezstud within said e'longatediaperture, the po posed,the removal. of the lens mountingwith its sition= ofthe-s-tud'thus mowed holding-atheilens'. containedlens insures that, the appropriate casmounting against rotational movement-z and idea ing shutter is moved to closed position, because tachment,fromthecamenat that shutter'is operated only by an essential ele- 3. A camera consisting 'ofaacasing comprising! ment'ofthe latch, it being the primary, latch reseparable? membersandmeans for: holding: the leasing member, 1. e., the'stud' 9. with; its head" member connected, as central filmxsupportin'gr or-finger button 9r. plate carried by the casing; a shutterguide-plate:

The use of light, and preferably hollow or tubuand'iai-slidingzshutter, carried at each face -ofithe lar rivets 3, for holding the two casing rings tocen'tralplate, a cover. plate at eachs-ide of-rthe': gether is desirable, because it is primarilyintendcentral plate; eachcover plate having; an image edthat' the casing be employed as a mailing box aperture and anelongatedslot, astudicarriedibyz forQth'e exposed film and for. the returned" unit each shutterslide and passingthrough. saidelon-- containing sensitized film for reuse. Thus after" gated slot, iallens mounting. adaptedtto be placed the sensitized sheet or sheets have. been exposed. in register with the image aperture of thecover; and the lens mounting with the latch member' plate ateitherface of thecasing, said lensmount- I I removed, the casing with its exposedfilmmay, inghaving as an element. an extension provided. be mailed or otherwise delivered to a'processor, with an apertureto receivesaidlstud; SaidQaDerwhereas the lens mounting and latch member ture merging into an elongated aperture, as.,,and.' will be the same by the initial user. The processor for the purpose set forth...

can mailer otherwise deliver to the user-prints 4". A- camera constructed in accordance with of th'e-exposedpictures, which printsmay be en- (5 claim.3 in which the lens mounting extensionis provided with an annular portion surrounding the image aperture of the cover plate, a clip carried by the assembly independently of the lens mounting and having a latch finger, an aperture being formed in the lens mounting extension through which said latch finger may pass, Whereby when the stud receiving aperture of the lens mounting extension receives the stud, said lens mounting extension may be moved to simultaneously register the stud with the elongated aperture and to move an area of the annular portion of the extension under the latch finger, movement of the stud in said elongated aperture serv- REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,127,539 Stern Feb. 9, 1915 2,188,974 Dilks Feb. 6, 1940 

